Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I am raising a granddaughter. We went to visit her aunt and cousin and had a nice day until my granddaughter told her aunt she should let her 5-year-old pick out her own clothes. My daughter became enraged and told me I had to teach my granddaughter to respect adults. I told my daughter I didn’t think she should tell me how to raise this child.
Having devoted his life to public service, President Biden has achieved much for our country at home and abroad. Stepping up to lead a Nation in crisis, President Biden helped rebuild our country from the devastation of a pandemic, an insurrection, and years of Trump wreckage. Yet, for more than a year, many Americans have indicated dissatisfaction with their choices in this election. President Biden has continued to run substantially behind Democratic senators in key states and in most polls has trailed Donald Trump. I had hoped that the debate would provide some momentum to change that. It did not. Instead of reassuring voters, the President failed to effectively defend his many accomplishments and expose Trump’s many lies.
I miss watching the spectacular fireworks display at Eddie G’s house every Fourth of July.
With summer in full swing, Texas’ 89 state parks are expecting an influx of visitors. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recently released the top 10 parks in terms of visitors. The top 10 in reverse order are, according to the Austin American-Statesman: 10. Ink Lakes State Park, Burnet County 9. Dinosaur Valley State Park, near Glen Rose in Somervell County 8. Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend County 7. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, between Fredericksburg and Llano 6. McKinney Falls State Park, Travis County 5. Ray Roberts State Park Isle du Bois, Denton County 4. Cedar Hill State Park, Dallas County 3. Ray Roberts Lake State Park, Sanger Unit, Denton County 2. Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Armstrong County And the top state park for visitors: Garner State Park, located in Uvalde County, which hosted more than 475,000 visitors in 2023.
Volleyball practice. Bible study. The English essay due next week. These are the things that once occupied 14-year-old Elliston Berry’s mind.
“I’ve been everywhere, man/I’ve been everywhere, man…” – as sung by Hank Snow.
Thank God Willis Haviland Carrier invented air conditioning — for the most part.
We see them everywhere, teenagers cocooned in their own private universes, oblivious to the sights and sounds around them. The adolescents embody a curious paradox, isolated among crowds, their earbuds a gateway to a world that directs them inward.
The chief of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas told state lawmakers recently that the state’s power demand could nearly double in just six years. The reasons: population growth, new requests for grid connections, and a rise in requests from data centers and other heavy users.
A sense of alarm about the erosion of voter privacy has been growing among Texas election officials the past few months. It came to a head on June 6.
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